Fencepost



W. R. COVAN.

. I EPOST.

. APPLICATI u' LED MAY 2, i921.

1,309,155. Patented Mar. 14,1922.

77 6 ZZZ 6122 71? 6005 7- UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. COVAN, OF NEW STRAITSVILLE, OHIO.

FENCEPOST.

Application filed May 2,

Court,

and use the same.

relates to new and useful posts and particularly to This inventionimprovements in fence posts. j I

ne object of the invention is to provide a post in which the greaterpart of the portion which is exposed to the weather 1s formed frommolded plastic material.

Another object is to provide a fence post of this character which isadapted topartially enclose a wooden post portion, to which woodenportion fence wires or runners are to be secured, and which enclosingportion may be quickly and easily taken apart to permit the removal ofthe deteriorated wooden portion, and the substitution of a new one.

.Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is perspective view of a fence post made in accordance with theinvention, and in proper assembled position.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal central sectional view of the post.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing the post comprises abase ll, a wooden post B. to which the fence 1s adapted to be secured,an enclosing molded plastic shell 0, and a cap D. i The base A is in theform of in the ground to a depth approximately the height of the box.The upper portions of the surrounding walls of the box are rabbetedinternally, as shown at 10.

Disposed with. its lower end portion with in the box, and with its majorportion projecting vertically therefrom, is a wooden post portion B, thesame being shown as rectangular in cross section, but may be circular orany other outline desired.

The shell C includes the side walls 11, and the rear wall 12, andarranged in rectangular formation to embrace the wooden portion B onthree of its sides, the lower end a box, buried Specification ofimminent. Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 466,177.

of the shell being seated within the rabbet of the base A. Formed on theouter faces of the walls 11 and 12, a short distance above the lower endof the shell, are the ribs 13 which have the depending flanges l4,spaced outwardly from the walls a distance equal to or slightly greaterthan the thickness of the rabbeted portion of the base A, and arrangedto engage outwardly of said rabbeted portion.

The cap D includes the rectangular plate 15 having the depending flanges16, for en gagement outwardly of the upper ends of the walls of theshell, and of the exposed face of the wooden portion. The plate 15 hasthe upwardly tapering projection 17, on its upper face which terminatesin a spherical or other ornament 18. It will be noted that, while theupper end of the wooden portion B extends upwardly into the cap, theflange depends outwardly of the shell, thus holding the parts togetherat their upper ends.

he outer surfaces of the plastic portions of the post may be painted,glazed, or otherwise coated to preserve them. and to add to theattractiveness of the post.

lVhen the wooden portion becomes so docomposed as to be useless, the capD is removed, and the shell C lifted from the base, thus permitting theready removal of the wooden portion. The new wooden portion is theninserted in the shell and the parts reassembled to assume the positionsshown in Figure 1.

lVhat is claimed is:

fence post comprising a base in the form of a box having one end and oneside open and having the upper ends of its side walls internallyrabbetted, a wooden post member disposed in the box and projectingthrough and beyond the open end of the box, a shell including side andrear Walls embracing the wooden post member on three sides and havingits lower end seated in the rabbet of the box, the shell havingexternally arranged and depending flanges embracing the rabbeted portionof the box outwardly thereof, and a cap member embrac ing the upper endof the shell and the wooden post member.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

lVILLIAM R. COVAN.

Vitnesses:

RoLLAND SLATZER, \VM. D. WARD.

